Legal Opinion

Hurst v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 25, 1944No. 35531Published

1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.

Appellant was convicted of grand larceny. We notice only one assigned error. The following* instruction for the state was the only one given in the case: “The-Court charges the jury for the State if you believe by the evidence beyond all reasonable that the defendant did feloniously take, steal and carry away 3 fishing net, the personal property of Claude Walters and the value of more than $25.00' in good and lawful money of the United States, as set out and charged in the indictment, then you'will find the defendant guilty as charged.” It is contended that omission of the word “doubt” was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Walters v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Lawson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
  3. Imbraguglio v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1944

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